Updated Version of Collective Impact Scan Now Posted Online
Editors' note (March 11, 2016): An updated version of the report Collective Impact and the New Generation of Cross-Sector Collaborations for Education: A Nationwide Scan, recently released by Teachers College, Columbia University, is now available. It corrects an error found by the research team involving the geographic distribution of collaborations. Please go to www.tc.edu and wallacefoundation.org/collectiveimpactscan.
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